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Thanks Martin.
Re the CPAP machine: here in the UK they’re prescription only items (like most countries I assume) but I happened to find someone naughtily selling one locally on a “stuff for sale” website so I bought it and tried it out (very carefully, making sure I understood how to set it up and use it first). I’m sure my doctor would strongly disapprove, but curiosity got the better of me. Was a waste of time though – did nothing to help at all. So I guess I can rule out sleep apnoea.
My sleep schedule is pretty normal and regular – see my first posting – in bed around 11pm and awake at 7:30am ish. I get to sleep easily but almost always wake up a few times during the night. Usually I get back to sleep quite quickl though – I don’t often lie awake for long periods during the night.
Since I wrote my first posting, I’ve had a physical exam at the hospital and it has been suggested that I have X-rays and an MRI scan of my head and neck, just to (hopefully) rule out anything sinister. I do wonder if something is awry in my neck because of the neck pain and headaches I have when I wake up. Also I sometimes find Deep Heat rub (are you in the US? Deep Heat is a popular brand of menthol/eucalyptus heat rub in the UK – I don’t know if it exists “over there” but I guess similar things exist) quite helpful in clearing my head in the mornings. I have history when it comes to spinal disc prolapses (albeit lower down) and I wonder if something like that could be going on.
Alan.
